The Daily Numbers - June 8

The Daily Numbers: 1.2 million square feet of office space, the byright plan on the books right now for the former Franklin Mint site.
Developers don’t want to do that, instead they’re proposing a walkable community featuring ….
1,253 homes, 798,000 square feet of commercial space, 235,000 square feet of office space, and 225 room hotel.
2.3 mill tax hike looming in Ridley School District. It means another
$299 in additional taxes to average homeowner.
2 candidates to succeed Cliff Wilson as Delco Democratic Party boss.
Tony Campisi and David Landau will face off on June 13.
50 years and up, ages of the competitors who will be taking part in the 20th annual Senior Games, starting today at areas across the county.
1 person shot in what appears to be a neighborhood feud last night in Darby Borough.
6 to 10 billion, value of contract for a new presidential helicopter fleet. Boeing announced yesterday they had acquired rights to produce American version of a copter that could be selected to replace the current fleet.
3 delivery trucks carrying blackjack tables that arrived at Harrah’s in Chester from Las Vegas as the slots parlor ramps up for start of table games.
40,000 square feet, the new size of the proposed “Philly Live” complex that will sit where the Spectrum is now. That’s down from an original plan of 300,000 square feet of retail and entertainment venues. No tenants have signed on as yet.
3 people killed in Hamilton Township in South Jersey, in what police are describing as a domestic dispute turned tragic. A man killed his girlfriend, her son and brother and then hung himself.
2 woman attacked, abducted and sexually assaulted on the street in Christian, Del. Police are now warning women to be vigilant.
70 to 196 years in jail for a man convicted in the sexual assault on 3 students at Lock Haven University.
7 hours stuck in an elevator, what happened to a grad student at Penn State during a power outage over the weekend.
10 people being laid off and 30 other vacant positions that will not be filled at Penn State’s College of Agricultural Sciences.
10 to 20 years in prison for teen who admitted slamming into a Philly police cruiser while joyriding in a stolen SUV, killing an officer.
1 of three men facing trial in the murder of another Philly officer who told a judge yesterday he’d rather be executed than be represented by a public defender.
19 million dollar makeover on tap for the Benjamin Franklin Parkway.
47 straight strikes tossed by a bowler in Harrisburg. That’s 3 straight games of perfect 300s.
6 and a third innings of no-hit ball last night for Cole Hamels. It wasn’t enough.
2 straight home runs surrendered by Hamels as the Phils fell to the Padres.
1 run on 6 hits for the Phils.
6 foot, 5 inches, height of Phils’ 1st round draft pick, left-hand pitcher Jesse Biddle of Germantown Friends School.
1 more day we have to wait before the Flyers and Blackhawks tangle in Game 6.

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Call me a Phanatic: A look at the ups and downs of being a Philadelphia sports fan.Chase Utley, who was hitting .337 a month ago, is now weighing in at .260. Anyone think Utley is a .260 hitter? Anyone have an explanation?
Is he still playing hurt?
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I Don’t Get It: All those people who believe soccer will never make it in the U.S.? How do you explain the Union selling out their home opener in just a few hours.
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Today’s Upper: Kudos to all those who showed up in Middletown to air their concerns about the planned “walkable community” at the former Franklin Mint site. Their voices will be heard.
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Quote Box: “It’s not a community. It’s a commercial enterprise.”
- Middletown resident Bill Spring, at last night’s hearing on the Franklin Mint development plan.

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